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    Home » Recipe Review

    Chinese Chili Soy Dipping Sauce 辣椒豉油熟油

    May 13, 2022 · 40 Comments

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    辣椒豉油熟油 Chinese Chili Soy Dipping Sauce (vegan) is packed with flavourful umami and spicy flavours. It goes with all your Asian recipes, especially dumplings, tofu and seafood. The heat level for this sweet and savory sauce can adjusted to your personal preference! Next time you are looking for a spicy Asian sauce, make this in just 5 minutes!

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    • Spicy Dipping Sauce for Prawns and Seafood Ingredients and Substitutions
    • How To Make Asian Seafood Dipping Sauce
    • What To Serve With Chinese Chili Soy Dipping Sauce
    • Chinese Chili Soy Dipping Sauce 辣椒豉油熟油

    Spicy Dipping Sauce for Prawns and Seafood Ingredients and Substitutions

    The following sauce ingredients can be found at your local asian grocery store. When choosing which condiment to use for Chinese cooking, I typically choose a Chinese soy sauce for making spicy soy dipping sauce for prawns and seafood and reserve the Japanese soy sauce for making easy dipping sauce for dumplings and gyoza dipping sauce.

    • Steamed fish soy sauce (a type of sweet soy sauce)
    • Garlic cloves
    • Brown Sugar
    • Cilantro
    • Shallot
    • Green Onion
    • Thai Red Chili Peppers (Birds Eye Chili)
    • Vegetable Oil
    • Sesame Oil (optiopnal)

    You can also use light soy sauce or dark soy sauce in place of Steamed fish soy sauce. If you do not have fresh chili you can also opt for red pepper flakes, cayenne peppers or chili oil like Lao Gan Ma. You can also use jalapeno peppers for this spicy sauce,

    Of course, how much red chili flakes depends on your spice level preference. If you prefer your sauce to be extra spicy, keep the seeds to your birds eye chili

    Spicy Dipping Sauce for Prawns and Seafood

    How To Make Asian Seafood Dipping Sauce

    This simple Asian dipping sauce is made with a few of your favorite ingredients already in your pantry. The sauce itself is an excellent compliment to the delicate flavours of seafood like spot prawns.

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    Unlike Nước Chấm (Vietnamese spicy fish sauce), this spicy dipping sauce for shrimp in Chinese food is gentle, light while having subtle heat levels.

    In a small bowl, mix together two tablespoons soy sauce, minced clove of garlic, shallot, finely chopped green onion, cilantro, Thai red chili pepper and a little sugar. Set aside.

    In a small stainless steel sauce pot, heat vegetable oil on medium heat until hot but not smoking.

    Pour the heated oil directly onto the seafood and shrimp dipping sauce. You will hear a noticeable sizzle sound. Adding cooked oil is a great way to enhance the sweet flavor of the dipping sauce for chinese boiled shrimp 白灼蝦.

    This is a great recipe to highlight the essential ingredient - delicate and sweet tasting spot prawns.

    This sauce is not suitable for salad dressing and it does not have rice vinegar or black vinegar typically found in Chinese dumpling sauce mixed with fresh ginger.

    dipping sauce for chinese boiled shrimp 白灼蝦

    What To Serve With Chinese Chili Soy Dipping Sauce

    • Spot Prawns
    • Steamed Minced Pork with Salted Fish 鹹魚蒸肉餅
    • White Rice

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    Spicy Dipping Sauce for Steamed Prawns
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    辣椒豉油熟油 Chinese Chili Soy Dipping Sauce (vegan) is packed with flavourful umami and spicy flavours. It goes with all your Asian recipes, especially dumplings, tofu, and seafood. The heat level for this sweet and savory sauce can adjusted to your personal preference! Next time you are looking for a spicy Asian sauce, make this in just 5 minutes!

    • Author: Nancy
    • Prep Time: 5
    • Cook Time: 5
    • Total Time: 10 minutes
    • Yield: 2 people 1x
    • Category: Dips and Sauces
    • Method: Boil
    • Cuisine: Chinese
    • Diet: Vegan

    Ingredients

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    • 1 tbsp steamed fish soy sauce
    • 3-4 cloves garlic, minced
    • 2 stalks green onions, finely chopped
    • 2 tsp brown sugar
    • 50 g cilantro, finely chopped
    • 1 clove shallot, finely chopped
    • 1-2 birds eye chili, finely chopped and seeds removed
    • ¼ C vegetable oil

    Instructions

    1. In a small bowl, mix together two tablespoons soy sauce, minced clove of garlic, shallot, finely chopped green onion, cilantro, Thai red chili pepper and a little sugar. Set aside.
    2. In a small stainless steel saucepan, heat vegetable oil on medium heat until hot but not smoking.
    3. Remove saucepan from heat.
    4. Pour the heated oil directly onto the seafood and shrimp dipping sauce. You will hear a noticeable sizzle sound.

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    Notes

    If you prefer your sauce to be extra spicy, keep the seeds to your bird's eye chili.

    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 1 small bowl
    • Calories: 276
    • Sugar: 4.6 g
    • Sodium: 271 mg
    • Fat: 27.7 g
    • Carbohydrates: 8.6 g
    • Fiber: 1.7 g
    • Protein: 1.9 g
    • Cholesterol: 0 mg

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    Comments

    1. Amanda Wren-Grimwood says

      June 02, 2023 at 12:45 am

      This is the best dipping sauce. My husband loves it and it's so easy to make too.

      Reply
    2. Charla says

      June 01, 2023 at 11:06 pm

      Great! This sauce will compliment SO many of my Asian recipes.

      Reply
    3. Ned says

      June 01, 2023 at 9:08 pm

      This is the perfect dipping sauce! Thank you for this recipe!

      Reply
    4. Nikki says

      June 01, 2023 at 4:12 pm

      I am ready to start dipping everything in this flavor packed Chinese chili soy dipping sauce. It's fantastic.

      Reply
    5. dina and bruce miller says

      June 01, 2023 at 3:39 pm

      Used with some Trader Joe's Potstickers, so good!! Love the flavor!!

      Reply
    6. Bobbie says

      May 18, 2022 at 3:40 am

      Great dipping sauce for seafood!

      Reply
    7. Choclette says

      May 17, 2022 at 7:44 am

      Ooh, another intriguing recipe from you. I've not come across a dipping sauce where you add hot oil. Going to have to try this, sounds delicious.

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        May 17, 2022 at 11:51 am

        adding hot oil is KEY!

        Reply
    8. Tavo says

      May 17, 2022 at 6:13 am

      I loved this dipping sauce. I had them with veggie stping rolls and they were delish!

      Reply
    9. Ana says

      May 16, 2022 at 6:21 pm

      Yum! This is so perfect for dumplings and tofu.

      Reply
    10. Jacqui says

      May 16, 2022 at 12:11 pm

      I love this sauce! It’s so versatile and delicious. I use it in many Asian styled dishes I make!

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        May 16, 2022 at 4:36 pm

        Thanks Jacqui! So happy it was a staple!

        Reply
    11. Katie says

      May 16, 2022 at 4:45 am

      Such a perfect dipping sauce! I make this whenever I am making Asian food, because it goes with everything!

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        May 16, 2022 at 4:39 pm

        It totally goes with EVERYTHING!

        Reply
    12. Michelle says

      May 15, 2022 at 9:22 pm

      I used a fish free soy sauce and it worked great! 🙂

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        May 16, 2022 at 4:39 pm

        you don't even nee fish sauce!

        Reply
    13. ruth grindeland says

      May 15, 2022 at 5:37 pm

      I made this for my spice loving family and we all loved it!

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        May 16, 2022 at 4:39 pm

        awesome to hear!

        Reply
    14. Emily says

      May 15, 2022 at 5:08 pm

      This dipping sauce is so delicious and full of flavor! We enjoyed it with dumplings!

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        May 16, 2022 at 4:41 pm

        dumplings are wonderful pairing!

        Reply
    15. Chef Mireille says

      May 15, 2022 at 8:30 am

      I'm a spicy food lover and this dipping sauce was perfect with some fried wontons I had made. No more bottled sauces - I love the freshness of this sauce!

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        May 15, 2022 at 1:57 pm

        fried wontons sounds lovely!! i bet it was a great pairing!

        Reply
    16. Giangi Townsend says

      May 15, 2022 at 7:06 am

      Super easy and so delicious, A must have sauce.

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        May 15, 2022 at 1:58 pm

        absolutely turns up the heat to any dish!

        Reply
    17. Gina Abernathy says

      May 15, 2022 at 6:00 am

      Such a wonderful and flavorful dipping sauce. This is perfect for my seafood nights.

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        May 15, 2022 at 1:58 pm

        level up your seafood nights!

        Reply
    18. Katie says

      May 15, 2022 at 5:25 am

      This is so delicious! Goes perfectly with dumplings!

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        May 15, 2022 at 1:58 pm

        great idea!

        Reply
    19. Shilpa says

      May 15, 2022 at 4:04 am

      Simple and delicious dipping sauce. So good.

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        May 15, 2022 at 1:58 pm

        glad you liked it!

        Reply
    20. Jean says

      May 14, 2022 at 8:27 pm

      I love how this chili soy makes all recipes more appetizing and easy to prepare too.

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        May 15, 2022 at 1:58 pm

        such an easy way to turn up the heat!

        Reply
    21. Andrea says

      May 14, 2022 at 5:27 pm

      such a delicious soy sauce! love the chili take on it!

      Reply
    22. Bianca says

      May 14, 2022 at 2:41 pm

      Yumm this was the perfect dipping sauce for our seafood dinner!

      Reply
    23. Jacqui says

      May 14, 2022 at 11:55 am

      Omg I love this one so much! I dip almost anything in this haha - to make it vegan I use a plant based fish sauce and it tastes just as amazing!

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        May 14, 2022 at 7:07 pm

        the best thing is this sauce doesn't even need fish sauce! so you are 100% vegan safe!

        Reply
    24. Emily Flint says

      May 14, 2022 at 10:48 am

      I made this with jalapenos because that was all I could find and it was still delicious. I'll be on the lookout for bird's eye chili!

      Reply
      • Nancy says

        May 14, 2022 at 7:08 pm

        Yes Jalapenos works equally well!

        Reply
    25. Sue says

      May 14, 2022 at 9:15 am

      I had no idea it was so easy to make my own dipping sauce! Must try!

      Reply
    26. Judith says

      May 14, 2022 at 9:15 am

      Such a tasty sauce and a useful recipe too!

      Reply

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